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| HER Number: | MDV41970 |
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| Name: | Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter |
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Summary
An assemblage of Prehistoric flint & chert artefacts found on Bolberry Down
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 688 384 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX63NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Malborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MALBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX63NE/2/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 8000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))
Full description
Keene, B., Arrowheads from Prehistoric Devon, 37 (Un-published). SDV325505.
Other details: Manuscript.
Barber, J., 1965, 25th Report on the archaeology and early history of Devon, 88-109 (Article in Serial). SDV161111.
Palmer, S., 1977, Untitled Source (Monograph). SDV140592.
Berridge, P. J., 1984, A Mesolithic site on Bolberry Down, 101-3 (Article in Serial). SDV151352.
Bolberry Down. An assemblage found by Captain E E Rayner, consisting of 61 flints and 5 pieces of greensand chert. In greater detail the assemblage consists of 2 cores, 30 waste flakes and fragments, 11 utilised flakes, and 33 retouched pieces. Of the cores one could be described as a blade core, and the other a flake core. Only 10 of the retouched pieces fall into the category of distinct tool types and these include four piercers, two scrapers, one notched flake, one possible burin and two microliths, both broken. In 1964 80 flints were discovered on the surface of Bolberry Down (see Barber). The grid reference given (SX687385), though slightly different, clearly indicates that the site is the same as that of Captain Rayner. The assemblage contained two Mesolithic forms, a micro-burin and a microlith. An annotated OS map in the collection of Captain F H S Stone, who fieldwalked this area in the 1930s clearly shows his Bolberry Down site to be the same as Captain Rayner's. In a note of 1930 he writes of 'prehistoric worked neolithic (?) flint floor now covered with grass. Arrows, axes, knives, scrapers etc. A search of the stone collection (see PRNs 4832,4833, & PRN 4830) found only 36 pieces that could be definitely assigned to the Bolberry Down site.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV140592 | Monograph: Palmer, S.. 1977. Mesolithic Cultures of Britain. |
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| SDV151352 | Article in Serial: Berridge, P. J.. 1984. A Mesolithic site on Bolberry Down. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 42. 101-3. |
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| SDV161111 | Article in Serial: Barber, J.. 1965. 25th Report on the archaeology and early history of Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 97. 88-109. |
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| SDV325505 | Un-published: Keene, B.. Arrowheads from Prehistoric Devon. Manuscript + Digital. 37. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV74296 | Part of: Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4835 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Find Spot) |
| MDV4829 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4830 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4831 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4832 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4833 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4834 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4841 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV14525 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6587 - Archaeological Assessment of Land between Bolt Heat and Bolt Tail
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 22 2008 3:04PM |
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